What with all the conflicting views of Helix iptv on, I thought I would do an honest review from my perspective, after having it for a few weeks. I was a long time FAB user(and before that mania), and after that went belly up it was time to find a new provider, so after trying the trial, thought I would give Helix a try.
Basicaly I just needed a good provider for sports, mainly Prem footy,Rugby League, NFL and the PPV Boxing and a good catch up service.
Ive got the £6 package, which is uk, us and canadian channels.
Firstly it was easy to pay for and easy enough to set up, which is always good!
Good selection of sports channels and have always been able to connect with no problems(so far). Regarding the footy, I have had no problems really, i dont watch every game anyway(just my team), and always been able to find a stable stream. I usually just find a channel its on and watch it via there, rather then through the dedicated section, as i find it better quality on the USA/Canadian channels and less likely to go down in my experience. I understand people have been having problems, but as i said it has honestly been fine for me so far. As I said I dont watch every prem game, but have dipped in to a few others and they have seemed to be fine aswell...I dont need a VPN either.
As for other sports, Rugby League has been superb quality(again tend to watch it on non uk channels) and the NFL was a bit hit and miss. Managed to watch the Dolphins game Sun, but trying the other games out, there did seem to be a LOT of buffering etc, which hopefully will be sorted out? I couldnt get the game in HD, but swapped over to SD link and it worked fine, with no buffering at all. Praps I was just lucky, cos i know a lot of people were complaining about the other games!
Overall quality of the streams has been good, esp the American channels, but perhaps not as good overall as FAB was. Sky channels quality isnt as good, but I hear that is a problem whoever you are with?
With regards to the catch up channels, it is the usual hit and miss im afraid. Has most of the uk sports channels and a few American ones, so its ok, but dosent have the same amount as FAB or Mania did. Quality wise, a couple of times I have used it and it has been fine but other times it has been a buffering, looping mess...so cant rely on it 100%, but realise this is a bonus so......
The EPG is ok and does the job and have had no problems so far. Im not one of those who gets excited about EPG anyway, but as I said it seems to do the job! The Kodi add on on the other hand, has not been so good. Was ok when i first installed it, but then it just vanished!! The actual add on is there but it just comes up blank? Have reinstalled, but dosent solve the problem, so bear this in mind if you really want this.
Regarding support, I have only sent a ticket once and that was reagarding the Kodi add on. Was answered promptly and politely. Only minus point, was i basicaly told to use the APK and that the Kodi add on was unstable....so not much help really!
Reagarding the non sports channels, again have dipped in and out and have seemed to work ok...although i am not on it 24/7.
Overall I would recommend Helix if your looking for a cheap service as has been pretty good for me so far. Would I renew again? Yes.
I've had it for a month now (using their stand alone app on firestick) and it has been great. Been down only once for half a day. One of the few that wish they had more of a vod section, but I love their 24/7 channels. Usually on Pickers or history channel for live t.v. Overall it's been a really nice experience and I have recommended it to people at work.